Managing broadcasts

Every time you go live, TribeNest creates a broadcast: the record of that show. A broadcast holds the replay, any full-quality recordings you uploaded, the events it's linked to, and its title and description. Long after the stream ends it keeps living in your account, so fans can watch it back and you can reuse the footage.

Broadcasts live under Live Stream then Broadcasts.

The broadcasts list

The page shows every recorded broadcast in a table:

• Title: what the broadcast was called.
• Started: when you went live.
• Ended: when you ended it, or N/A if it's still running or ended unexpectedly.
• Duration: total run time.

Each row has a three-dot menu with the actions below. Use the pagination at the bottom to walk through older shows.

Watching a replay

1. Open the row menu and click Watch Video.
2. The replay opens in a player on top of the page.

If Watch Video is greyed out, the broadcast has no saved replay yet, usually because it ended unexpectedly or is still being finalised.

Renaming a broadcast

1. Open the row menu and click Update Title.
2. Enter the new title.
3. Click Update.

Renaming changes the label only. Recordings and the replay are untouched.

Deleting a broadcast

1. Open the row menu and click Delete Broadcast.
2. Confirm in the dialog.

Deleting removes it from your dashboard and from the live section of your own site. Make sure you've downloaded anything you want to keep first.

Downloading the replay

1. Open the row menu and click Download Video.
2. The first time, TribeNest prepares the file for you. The menu item reads Generating Download... while it works, and it can take a few minutes.
3. Once it's ready, open the menu and click Download Video again to start the actual download.

If a download is already being prepared, the menu item stays disabled until it's finished.

Recordings

If you used Local Recording during the show, your camera and microphone were captured at full quality on your own machine and uploaded as separate recordings attached to the broadcast.

1. Open the row menu and click Recordings. The number in brackets is how many are attached.
2. The dialog lists each one. Video opens in a video player, audio in an audio player.
3. Click Download on any recording to save it.

Recordings look and sound better than the replay, because they were captured at the source rather than travelling anywhere. They're what you want when you're cutting the show into clips.

Linking events to a finished broadcast

If you forgot to link events before going live, or want to gate the replay differently, you can change them afterwards.

1. Open the row menu and click Linked Events.
2. Search for events and click any one to link it.
3. Choose whether All tickets unlock the replay, or only specific ticket types.
4. Use the pencil and X icons to change or remove a linked event.
5. Click Save Changes.

Linked events control who can watch the replay on your own site, exactly as they control who can watch the live stream. See events.

Merging broadcasts

If one show ended up split across several broadcasts (a reconnect, a restart after a freeze, two deliberate halves), you can stitch them into one.

1. On the Broadcasts page, open the actions menu at the top right and choose Merge Broadcasts.
2. Search for the broadcasts you want and tick each one to add it to the list.
3. Drag the selected broadcasts into the order you want them joined.
4. Set a New Broadcast Title. TribeNest suggests one based on the first selection, and you can change it freely.
5. Optionally expand Linked Events to gate the result with events and ticket types.
6. Click Merge Broadcasts.

The merge runs in the background and you'll get an email when it's done. The combined broadcast then appears in your list, and you can keep or delete the original parts. You need at least two broadcasts selected.

Creating a past broadcast from a video file

If you have a finished video (a recording of an earlier show, an episode, an edited highlight reel), you can add it to your broadcasts list as though it had been streamed live.

1. On the Broadcasts page, open the actions menu and choose Create Past Broadcast.
2. Under Broadcast Details, fill in:
   • Title: what the broadcast will be called.
   • Started At and Ended At: the dates and times you want it to appear as having run.
3. Under Video Upload, pick an MP4 file from your computer. TribeNest checks the file type before accepting it, and uploads it with a progress bar.
4. Optionally under Linked Events, attach events with full or specific ticket access to gate who can watch.
5. Click Create Broadcast.

Once it's created, the past broadcast behaves like any other. Fans watch it on your own site, you can rename it, link more events, and so on. The video takes a short while to become watchable after the upload finishes.

Cleaning up stuck broadcasts

If a broadcast looks stranded (started but never ended), open Live Stream then Studio, click the wrench icon next to New Template, and choose Cleanup Broadcasts. It closes out the stranded ones and leaves your completed broadcasts alone.

Where to go next

• Need to set up another show? Build a fresh stream setup.
• The show froze rather than finished? See diagnostics and troubleshooting.
• Selling access? Pair broadcasts with events and memberships.